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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 30U.K.Traffic regulation

Power of Secretary of State to direct traffic authority to make traffic regulation orderU.K.

5(1)This paragraph applies where, in pursuance of a direction under paragraph 4, a traffic authority is required to make an order under section 1 or 9 of RTRA 1984.U.K.

(2)The order is to be treated for the purposes of Part 3 and paragraph 28 of Schedule 9 to RTRA 1984, and regulations made under Part 3 of that Schedule, as if it were required to be made in pursuance of a direction under paragraph 2 of that Schedule.

(3)The provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) have effect accordingly, but as if—

(a)paragraph 26(1) of Schedule 9 to RTRA 1984 (which requires the Secretary of State to take account of objections) were omitted,

(b)for the purposes of the application of paragraph 28 of Schedule 9 to RTRA 1984 (provision about the variation or revocation of certain orders)—

(i)the reference in that paragraph to Part 2 of that Schedule included a reference to paragraph 4(3) of this Schedule, and

(ii)any reference in that Part to paragraph 13(1)(e) and (f) of that Schedule were read instead as a reference to paragraph 4(3) of this Schedule, and

(c)any provision in regulations made under Part 3 of Schedule 9 to RTRA 1984 relating to the holding of a public inquiry were omitted.

(4)Paragraph 35 of Schedule 9 to RTRA 1984 (provision for questioning validity of orders) has effect, in its application to the order, as if—

(a)the reference in sub-paragraph (a) to the relevant powers were to those powers as they apply in the case of an order made in pursuance of a direction under paragraph 4 above, and

(b)the reference in sub-paragraph (b) to the relevant requirements were to those requirements as modified by sub-paragraph (3) above.